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Emotional testimony dominates 3rd day of Cosby trial

By Jen Kirby

The horrifying sexual misconduct allegations against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, explained

By Dylan Matthews

A disturbing report finds Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens coerced a woman into sex, then blackmailed her

By Ella Nilsen

Black members of Congress criticize Zuckerberg: Facebook “does not reflect America”

By P.R. Lockhart

Ben Carson is pulling HUD away from its key mission

By P.R. Lockhart

How the Catholic Church censored the Golden Age of Hollywood

By Dean Peterson

The largest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook was a scam

By P.R. Lockhart

Pope Francis: Catholics should care as much about the poor as about abortion

By Tara Isabella Burton

NFL cheerleaders have to follow bizarre, sexist rules. But are they illegal?

By Joanna L. Grossman

Eden Tirl says Bill Cosby harassed her. She wonders why Hollywood didn’t care before #MeToo.

By Karen Turner

Cosby defense lawyers: Andrea Constand is a “con artist”

By Jen Kirby

Today is Equal Pay Day. It doesn’t apply to most women of color.

By P.R. Lockhart

The Michael Cohen raid is a reminder: the Stormy Daniels story matters

By Anna North

9th Circuit: you can’t pay women less than men just because they made less at their last job

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

No senator has ever given birth while holding office. Sen. Tammy Duckworth just changed that.

By Jen Kirby

The Bell Curve is about policy. And it’s wrong.

By Matthew Yglesias

Bill Cosby paid accuser Andrea Constand nearly $3.4 million in a 2006 settlement

By Jen Kirby

Police shootings are also part of America’s gun problem

By German Lopez

Bill Cosby’s retrial may be the first real test of the power of #MeToo

By Jen Kirby

The Sam Harris debate

By Ezra Klein

Anchorage, Alaska, voters reject anti-transgender bathroom bill

By German Lopez

Sen. Kamala Harris on Stephon Clark: “A life that should not have been ended”

By P.R. Lockhart

What would America look like without Roe v. Wade? These teenagers are finding out.

By Anna North

A record-setting number of women are running for the House in 2018

By Ella Nilsen

What most Americans get wrong about Islamophobia

By Alexia Underwood

How search engines are making us more racist

By Sean Illing

New York City police shoot and kill unarmed black man, mistaking a silver pipe for a gun

By German Lopez

Plenty of conservatives really do believe women should be executed for having abortions

By Anna North

The conservative case against Pope Francis — and why it matters

By Tara Isabella Burton

New evidence shows the Pulse nightclub shooting wasn’t about anti-LGBTQ hate

By Jane Coaston

Great movies about faith are hard to come by. Enter Blue Velvet.

By Tara Isabella Burton

Why women are worried about #MeToo

By Anna North

Black kids are way more likely to be punished in school than white kids, study finds

By German Lopez

After Stephon Clark’s death, California may limit when police can shoot

By P.R. Lockhart

The Memphis sanitation workers strike and MLK’s unfinished fight for economic justice

By P.R. Lockhart

How America has — and hasn’t — changed since Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, in 11 charts

By German Lopez, Christina Animashaun, and 1 other

We need to talk about how Grindr is affecting gay men’s mental health

By Jack Turban

The sanctification — and sanitization — of Martin Luther King Jr.

By P.R. Lockhart

The myths we teach children about Martin Luther King Jr., explained by an ’80s board game

By Jonathan Eig

How the Christian movie series God’s Not Dead fails to be Christian

By Alissa Wilkinson

“I can’t breathe”: black man pleads as police officer punches and chokes him

By German Lopez

LeBron James, the most important athlete in America, explained

By Dylan Scott
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